Raah רָעָה

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Raah
רָעָה
Transliterationraah
Strong's numberH7462 (H7462B, H7462C, H7462D, H7462A)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto pasture
Occurrences177 in 148 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (22)

Raah (Hebrew רָעָה, Strong's H7462) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pasture”. It occurs 177 times in 148 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7462B: to pasture

1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tend, pasture
1a1a) to shepherd
1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig)
1a1c) of people as flock (fig)
1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst)
1a2) to feed, graze
1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal)
1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)
1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess
Also means: ro.i (רֹעִי "to shepherd" H7473)

H7462C: to accompany

1) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
1a) (Qal) to associate with
1b) (Hithpael) to be companions

H7462D: to befriend

(Piel) to be a special friend

H7462A: House of Shepherds

Ra'ah = "pasturing"
perh. "binding-house of the shepherds"

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfeed (53), shepherds (31), shepherd (28), fed (10), herdmen (7), pastors (7), feedeth (5), feeding (3), companion (2), up (2), shepherds feed (2), keeper (1), and 18 other renderings
BSBshepherds (27), shepherd (27), feed (6), herdsmen (4), pasture (4), tending (3), are shepherds (3), your shepherds (3), companion (3), will graze (3), you shepherds (3), shepherding (2), and 69 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Raah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Amos

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

Zephaniah

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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